BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sunni militants have taken control of most of Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji in northern Iraq, an official at the refinery said on Wednesday. "The militants have managed to break in to the refinery. Now they are in control of the production units, administration building and four watch towers. This is 75 percent of the refinery," an official speaking from inside the refinery said. He says clashes continue near the main control room with security forces.

By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's new government on Tuesday imposed export restrictions on certain farm commodities and ordered a crackdown on hoarding to control rising food prices, a day after wholesale price inflation hit a five-month high. A jump in prices of potatoes and onions last month drove inflation to 6.01 percent from 5.20 percent in April, contributing to a sell-off in financial markets. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was elected last month amid widespread anger over rising prices, has made tackling inflation his top priority.

When it comes to where people in the U.S. die, there has for years been a gap between what people want and what usually happens. Most Americans would rather die at home. But only one third actually do, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Hospital Discharge Survey. Many more die in hospitals or nursing homes. Legislation awaiting Gov. Pat Quinn's signature would move Illinois along the path in closing that gap, supporters of the effort say. The bill would expand a medical order called POLST, for physician orders for life-sustaining treatment, that's been available in Illinois for a little more than a year.

In his best-selling "The World Without Us" (2007), the veteran journalist Alan Weisman painted a startling portrait of what might happen on Earth if human beings suddenly vanished from the planet. In Weisman's exhaustively researched vision of a depopulated future, the environmental ills currently plaguing our world - including global warming, air and water pollution, deforestation, animal extinction, water shortages, etc. - would begin to reverse, the planet gradually restoring itself into balance.

Westmont trustees likely will consider a plan to implement a new stormwater utility fee to alleviate flooding in the village. At the Community Stormwater Stakeholder meeting on June 10, a consultant for the village told members of the group and the audience that it may cost up to $32 million to pay for various flood control projects in the suburb. The village board, however, may decide to send the utility fee issue to referendum in November. Steve May, the director of public works, said it is the opinion of the town attorney and the consultant, Douglas Noel, vice president of environmental and infrastructure for Amec, to have a referendum because the village is a non-home-rule community.

ST PETERSBURG Russia (Reuters) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on both Russia and Ukraine to better control their common border ahead of a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. "(It is about ensuring) there is common border management in some form," said Steinmeier shortly before the meeting, which will also include Poland's foreign minister. Steinmeier added that the situation in eastern Ukraine must be stabilized and that it was important to ensure a substantial exchange develops between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko.

By Gabriela Baczynska ST PETERSBURG Russia (Reuters) - Poland called on Russia on Tuesday to help defuse the crisis in Ukraine by preventing militants and weapons from crossing into the eastern part of the country, where pro-Russian rebels are fighting government forces. Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski spoke at a joint news conference with his Russian and German counterparts after trilateral talks that failed to produce any breakthrough in a crisis that has badly strained Moscow's ties with the West.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an order to the Federal Security Service to strengthen protection of the country's border with Ukraine to prevent people crossing illegally, Russian news agencies reported on Saturday. The order comes a day after Putin held talks with global leaders in France, where U.S. President Barack Obama called on him to cease support for separatists in eastern Ukraine and stop the provision of arms and material across the border. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)